http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/North/Jerash/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Jordan , North , Jerash en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:31:59 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:31:59 BST 25 Aug after crossing into Jordan our 10th and final country for this trip we drive to Jerash. This is one of the best preserved cities within the Decapolis Greco ruins it's reminds me of Pompeii and Herculaneum only MUCH bigger. It's an amazing site with forum main street shops ampitheatre with Jordanian bagpipe band and a temple to Diana the goddess of hunting with the incre http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Jordan/North/Jerash/blog-320059.html A photo essay of an incredible ancient city. http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Jordan/North/Jerash/blog-307590.html After the massive walking of yesterday both Dave and Chelle were completely exhausted. So it was with great joy they woke up and hopped into a rental car for a full day of more walking and sightseeing. Because the tour that we were going on didn't actually start until the next morning oops a wee spot of bad planning that actually turned out really rather well we had decided to rent a car for t http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Jordan/North/Jerash/blog-273863.html Roman ruins are becoming prevalent the further into the Middle East I go. Jerash is a famous one and deservedly so. As our guide was easily one of the most boring and personalityless that I've seen my friend Laurie and I deserted the group early so we don't know a lot about what acutally happened there but we got to see a lot more Enjoy the photos... http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Jordan/North/Jerash/blog-270516.html AlSalam alaykum peace be upon you I hope that you all enjoyed my last entries even though I could compile them and make a novel they were so long. I am both trying to be informative and detail my journey so that is why I am going into detail on many of my experiences here. I hope that you are learning from the entries and feel free to email me about them or you it is hard to keep up with http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Jordan/North/Jerash/blog-214946.html So today after handing out food packages we made a quick stop by Jerash. The ancient ruins are very well preserved by the desert climate and are quite impressive. With two large amphitheatres the place serves as the accomadation for the famous Jerash festivals. Unfortunatly these lively festivals happen just as we leave. We saw evidence of preparation for the crowds to come though as small tent http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Jordan/North/Jerash/blog-185422.html Yesterday and the day before we spent the days in a Palestinian Refugee camp near Jerash about an hour and half from Amman. Yesterday we spent several hours distributing packages that contained food items enough to last a family for three weeks... or so we were told. They looked pretty small to me. The camp has 32000 refugees living nearly on top of one another. I was actually more impressed at http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Jordan/North/Jerash/blog-182042.html Heute hat es mich nach Jerash verschlagen. Dieser schnucklige naja der Ort ist eigentlich stockhaesslich Ort liegt ca. 50 km noerdlich von Amman und hat eine der groessten Ausgrabungsstaetten zu bieten das alte roemische Gerasa. Hier konnte man in relativer wenig Verkaeufer wenig Touris Ruhe durch alte Tempel wandern. War ganz nett umgehauen hats mich jetzt aber nicht. Lustiger war da w http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Jordan/North/Jerash/blog-171141.html Friday August 4 2006 I woke up this morning and talked to my new roommate while she packed she was headed to Madaba a nearby town. I decided to go to Jerash an Ancient Roman city that is still being excavated. Went to buy some water and felafel and found myself waiting for a service taxi to the bus station with my roommate. So we got a taxi and said good bye at the bus station. I got on a b http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Jordan/North/Jerash/blog-79968.html